Fair play for musicians is a full-page advertisement that was published on 7 December 2006 in the Financial Times newspaper calling on the UK Government to extend the existing 50 years copyright protection for sound recordings in the United Kingdom.
[2] The text "fair play for musicians" appeared in large red type over the list of names.
In the centre of the page a box contained the text: At the bottom of the page the following text appeared: The 'fair play for musicians' advertisement was viewed as a direct response to the Gowers Review published by the British Government on 6 December 2006 which recommended the retention of the 50 year protection for sound recordings.
[3] The advertisement was organised by Phonographic Performance Limited as another element of their campaign for retrospective copyright term extension.
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